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Explorer 7 - Orbit

View from above orbital plane
View from above orbital plane
View from above satellite
View from above satellite

Ground track
Ground track

The orbit data is extracted from the following two-line orbital elements,

1    22U 59009A   25343.10798884  .00013934  00000-0  52984-3 0  9990
2    22  50.2583 316.7226 0085860  79.5837 281.4784 15.23614952771313
Epoch (UTC): 09 December 2025 02:35:30
Eccentricity: 0.0085860
inclination: 50.2583°
perigee height: 436 km
apogee height: 554 km
right ascension of ascending node: 316.7226°
argument of perigee: 79.5837°
revolutions per day: 15.23614952
mean anomaly at epoch: 281.4784°
orbit number at epoch: 77131

The dashed part of the orbit path shows where the satellite is in the earth's shadow,  

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